Dear friends, I've been silently observing and getting iritated about the unkind response of the president about our need for electricity. I wonder whether the economics he graduated in is the same economics I studied. I think the syllubus of economics has not changed much in Uganda. Sincerely, to say that we do not have the capacity to consume electricity is rendering us equal to dogs and cats. It is like saying to a woman you first give birth to a baby before I give you the womb where the baby is surposed to mature. How do we build factories and industries if the electricity isn't there? If we pay taxes, if the same person begs votes from us and even robs some then this contradiction can only be explained by intended economic retardation for whatever purpose only known to the creator. Those who have gone to Kampala, Mbarara, etc will accept with me that some of the surbubs where elcetricity is taken are worse than some of our grass thatched houses in the village. I wonder which factories are found in those surbubs for them to deserve electricity and we in westnile do not need it if not factories of manufacturing children which we have. What we are asking for is not a favor but a right; whoever considers electricity, hospitals, means of transport, infrastructures as favors for which we should be insulted and fooled doesn't know the role of the government. The same people who claim that we do not need electricity in westnile are the same people who have gone to countries like Italy, Germany, France where electricity reaches the last person even if he or she is alone and in the bush, it must still reach there. This is not because he or she has a factory but because pays taxes and thus deserves the services. So, must our taxes be enjoyed by others at our advantage? On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 8:14 PM, alex free <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Brothers and Sisters, > > > Those who agree with me will not tow the line of argument of Maurine > Ayikoru and the like. Maurine is talking about boarding the so-called yellow > bus, I don't know which yellow bus! But the fact is, that yellow bus is a > symbol of of politics paternalism and favouritism. I mean in a paternalistic > political setting such as we experience in Uganda, Cameroon etc, the leaders > act as patrons. When a road is build, a hospital erected or something else, > it is seen as a favour from the big person and the citizens where such a > development takes place are supposed to be grateful and see the figure of > that politician as a saviour! That type of politics, dear Maurine, is not > what we advocate in Uganda and it is not the reason why most of the times > people of West Nile, Acholi, Lango etc vote in a different direction. The > normal understanding is that it is taxes which everybody pays which bring in > those services. So, for a citizen in Kasese or Abim to have electricity or > clean running water whereas the one of Moyo doesn't is unfair. Does the tax > paid by the citizen in Moyo not reach Kampala so much so that they have no > records of paying taxes? Is it why then they are denied of electricity? If > other members of a house receive goods essential which are useful for their > daily living, why not the other family members? Is West Nile not part of > Uganda? Don't we, as West Nilers, have a right to complain when injustice is > done to us? > Maurine, I tell you, without electricity, there is no development, what so > ever, even if Museveni talks about industrialisation, modernisation, > development of science, etc! > I want to say that it is the presence of electricity that attracts > development activities. West Nile has full potential to consume electricity > just like Kampala, Mbarara, Jinja etc. When there is power, there will be > industries, factories, schools will use, households will use for lighting, > cooking, students use for reading, etc. > Others will add to that. I want to conclude by saying that we should avoid > cheap arguments and nobody must deny West Nile nor should we be silenced > about our rights! > > Andrua > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > > -- *Adroamabe Isaac*
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